Contextualisation:

At what part of the whole story your evidence originates from (bonus points for act and scene numbers). Much easier than it sounds. Basically, you’re setting the scene for your quote, or painting a photo within which your quote is said. You will need to include who it had been said by, who it absolutely was believed to, and where it was said (less important if said during a significant event in the writing, which you should mention instead). The reason for contextualisation may be the tendency that is unfortunate individuals to make up quotes on the spot. Like the scene where you found your evidence invites the marker to check on you in your honesty. It can also help enormously in ‘giving a feel’ to your general vibe of your quote, and so the marker is able to see you’re deploying it appropriately rather than twisting it to mean the exact opposite of what the writer intended that it is (or at the least, didn’t intend it never to be).

Quote: Your hard evidence.

Taken straight from the text. Must be word-for-word, because of the marker can look at the quote if you contextualise properly, and excluding or changing one word can provide a sentence meaning that is oppositelike ‘not’ find more information, ‘no’, or swapping ‘if’ and ‘unless’). The distance can range anywhere from 1 word to two paragraphs. The part that is only of essay (apart from techniques) that absolutely needs to be memorized.

What gives quotes significance and meaning with the potential audience. Similes, metaphors, imagery, personification etc. incredibly important. Having it is meant by no technique’s impossible to justify whatever significance you will get from your quote, which kills your linkage. Read more